Rethinking theories and practices of imaging [Texte imprimé] / edited by Timothy H. Engström and Evan Selinger

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"This is the first volume of its kind to analyze the impact that theories and practices of imaging have had on a variety of fields. It draws on an impressive range of philosophical approaches, from analytic, to pragmatic, to phenomenological -- concluding that imaging is developing a social and cultural impact comparable to language"--Provided by publisher

PART I: REINVENTING SIGHT. Reinventing Sight: Theories and Practices of Imaging / T.Engström & E.Selinger. PART II: PERCEPTION AND IMAGING. Visual Apprehension and the European Renaissance / A.Crosby -- Experience and Experiment in Art / A.Noë -- Phenomenology and Imaging: Incorporating the Material / D.Ihde. PART III: EPISTEMOLOGY, IDENTITY AND IMAGING. Concrete Images for Abstract Questions: A Philosophical View / P.Grim -- The Epistemic Status of Brain Images / M.Delehanty -- Technologies to Bond With / A.Clark -- On the Subject of Neural and Sensory Prostheses / L.Cartwright & B.Goldfarb. PART IV: ART, AESTHETICS AND IMAGING. Final Fantasy, or the [Dis]Illusion of Computer Graphic Life / V.Sobchack -- A Scene in the Digital Library: Imaging Literature / C.Burnett -- William Kentridge: Moving Pictures / C.Reade. PART V: ETHICS, POLITICS, AND IMAGING. Publicity and Indifference: Media, Surveillance, "Humanitarian Intervention" / T.Keenan -- ELSI Priorities for Brain Imaging / J.Illes, R.de Vries, M.Cho & P.Schraedley-Desmond -- The End of the World Picture? Lyotard, Technology, and the Human / S.Malpas -- Word and Image in Online Education / A.Feeberg